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This won't help you solve your problem much, but i can tell you that |
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speakup's software speech won't work on the livecd. Currently the livecd |
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only supports the hardware synths, and doesn't support the internal |
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decktalk because it requires a seperate program. I just wanted to |
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clarify this for you. Hopefully one of the releng folks can help you |
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sort this. |
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Whitley CTR Cecil H wrote: |
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> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 00:22:24 -0400 |
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> From: Whitley CTR Cecil H <WhitleyCH.ctr@××××××××××××××××.mil> |
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> Reply-To: gentoo-accessibility@l.g.o |
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> To: "'gentoo-accessibility@g.o'" |
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> <gentoo-accessibility@l.g.o> |
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> Subject: [gentoo-accessibility] 2004.2 problem |
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> Hi, |
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> I brought my external dectalk express home tonight to install 2004.2 on my |
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> home system. I ran into a real problem, and I don't know what would be |
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> really important in a bug report. |
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> I have an Asus p4c800-e deluxe motherboard with p4 3.4 and an s-ata hd. I |
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> also have an USB 2.0 external IDE drive bay with an ata-100 hd which shows |
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> up as /dev/sda. All went well, booted with speech, mounted drives, etc. |
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> Only problem, the onboard Intel CSA Gig-e network adapter wasn't fully |
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> configured. When I ran net-setup the machine locked with no speech. |
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> On-screen msg was |
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> disabling interupt 17 |
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> n interrupt not disabled |
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> Or something similar (working with a 13 year old). |
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> I searched gentoo bugs for csa (no joy) and p4c800-e deluxe (joy, but only |
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> for pnpbios). |
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> It should be noted that I used the command line |
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> smp speakup_synth=dectlk |
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> So the smp enabled 2.6 kernel was loaded. Prior boot I had used |
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> gentoo speakup_synth=dectlk |
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> But the 2.4 kernel did not fully recognize/drive the onboard sound. Since I |
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> was hoping to get software speech up and running the soundcard support is |
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> critical. Also, the smp support for hyperthreading is a "nice to have". is |
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> the driverr version listed is 5.x.x and the Asus site has an Intel 7.0.x |
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> driver for linux for the CSA adapter. It also has an ALSA 0.9.6 soundmax |
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> driver. The CSA driver is listed for RH 7.3, 8, 9 and SUSE 9.0, I assume |
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> this is all 2.4.x kernels? I don't want to post a bug without fully vetting |
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> the problem since I assume that since there is at least one posted/fixed bug |
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> for the p4c800-e deluxe that someone else is using this board with no |
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> problem now. The only question that is left is are they using the onboard |
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> ethernet, and if so, is this a problem specific to having speakup or |
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> optionally the serial port active? Guidance please? What can I do to |
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> provide the most helpfull bug report with the most accurate problem |
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> description I can come up with? |
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> Thanks, |
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> Cecil Whitley |
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> P.s. Since I have the universal CD, should I try patching the |
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> gentoo-dev-sources kernel with the driver from the Asus site? I presume |
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> that I can get all of this built without networking, if my reading of the |
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> install.txt is correct? |
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> Now, what I have noticed |
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Deedra Waters - Gentoo developer relations, accessibility and infrastructure - |
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